Waiters came and directed us to our rooms. Mine was a beautiful shade of pink with white elements giving a royal vibe. It had a Queen sized bed and the room seemed for only a Queen.
"I am a Queen afterall *chuckles* *twirls*"
I jump into the bed and scream in my pillow.
"Ahhhhh, life's just.. ughhh *sigh* life's just full of surprises" I said then try to sleep.
Unsurprisingly, my body refuses to sleep. Tired of it all, I walk outside for some fresh air. The garden's pretty nice.
"Can't sleep too huh" George said.
"Yeah, today's been.. it's been pretty eventful" I replied.
"Tell me about it, this love business ain't no child's play" He said.
"Since we both can't sleep why don't we talk" I suggested.
"Fine by me" He replied.
"Is it really as simple as finding love. I mean with your wealth and clout and all" I said.
"*laughs* It isn't really. Lemme tell you a secret *whispers* my friend bribed me to be on this show *laughs* and why not, I am looking for someone to love and he's offering a pretty profitable deal" He said and I laugh.
"What about you?" He asked.
"Well, I don't know much about love, considering the fact that I've never fell in love before *nervous laugh* Lemme tell you a secret too *whispers* me joining this show was an impromptu thing, a contestant pulled out and just like that I was thrust in" I said.
"Life's like that one second you're doing your daily, normal stuff and the next second you're thrust into something new, surprising" He said and I laughed.
"Well said"
We sat in the garden and talked for what felt like hours.
"It's getting pretty late, I mean it's getting later, well you know what I mean" I said and he laughed.
"Let me walk you to your door, my Queen" He said doing a mock bow.
"As you should, my King" I said, equally doing a mock bow.
We both laughed as we walked towards my room. He was a fun person, really nice to talk with and I wouldn't mind competing for his heart, not one bit.
~ The next Morning
"My darling, favourite audience, I know you guys miss me so here I am, a feast for your eyes *chuckles* I'm sure you were all shocked when someone left yesterday but never fear, we don't have similar plans, at least not for now. This morning, we'll be meeting the parents and doing a little friendly challenge. Who doesn't love a daughter in law that can cook. So this morning, we'll be having a cooking challenge. The nine contestants will be cooking to gain the favour of the parents. Listen up girls, I'll give you just one hint, Mr and Mrs. King both love spicy food" Derrick said.
"So ladies, if you'd kindly step forward to the stoves in front of you. We've labelled them so according to your contestant number. We've got some basic condiments and ingredients but if you need anything else there's a store room at the side, it has ingredients, seasonings and whatever you might need, good luck ladies. You have 2 hours and your time starts now" He continued.
"Spicy food, hmmm, that's great, it's my speciality after all. Hmm, what should I cook, how about pepper soup but with what? Hmm, roaated veggies are nice. Pepper soup and roasted veggies it is. So, I'll need some meat, preferably beef, spices enter beef best, some nutmeg, chilli, onions and the veggies for roasting, let's fry potatoes, carrots with some brocolli" I mused.
I already had my salt, seasoning cubes, thyme on the table so there wasn't any need to get those.
I rushed into the store room and grabed some beef, nutmeg, chilli and some other spices, my secret ingredients shhh, onions, potatoes, carrots and beets.
Firstly, I roasted the veggies since it would take some time. I chopped them, poured some oil and seasoning before placing them in the oven.
Next, I fried the spices for a little over a minute before blending them and keeping them in a container. Next, I chopped the beef, placed it in a pot and added some water. Then I added some of my blended spice, salt, thyme, chili powder, seasoning cubes and simmered them.
Once it started boiling, I added more water and the rest of my blended spice. It needed to boil for some while, till the meat became soft, tender.
Hold up, wouldn't it be too basic to just have some soup and veggies. Nah, I needed sonething more. I quickly went into the store room and grabbed some chicken.
I washed them, added some water and seasoning then boiled them. I had about an hour left, I was taking time with the food, had to be precise. I was trying to really avoid a situation where the soup had gone cold or something so I was trying to prolong the boiling time. I turned down the heat in such a way that it'd only be ready along the time that I had finshed boiling my chicken.
In no time the chicken was boiled and the veggies were ready. The soup was ready too so I put off the cooker and went off to fry the chicken. There were still some reminates of the blended spices so I rubbed the blended mix on the chicken then fried them which didn't take too long.
Before I knew it I had ten minutes left so I heated my soup and chicken once more, I wanted them to be hot. After that, I got my veggies and poured them into the soup, which I had poured into two bowls.
Then I got two plates and placed the spicy chicken on them.
"Time's up ladies, let's see what you've made" Derrick announced.
"Hmmmm, I'm loving these aroma, let's see if Mr and Mrs King will love the food, the aroma is already appetizing enough"